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iOSMar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021

Apple launched a new ‘Privacy-Label’ support page to show privacy policies of all of Apple’s apps

Apple has launched a new ‘Privacy-Label’ support webpage for all of its apps. The new page is designed to bring transparency by showing how users’ data is used by the company’s native apps across devices. The new addition is made…

iOSMar 11, 2021

Apple Podcasts is replacing the ‘subscribe’ button with ‘follow’ in a few weeks with iOS 14.5 update

Asma Hussain

With iOS 14.5, Apple is replacing the word “subscribe” with “follow” for Apple Podcasts. Rather than subscribing to a podcast, users will now have the option to follow the shows they listen to. The seemingly minor tweak could have significant…

iOS iPhoneMar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021

A security vulnerability in an iPhone voice recording app exposed users calls malicious attacks

Rida Imran

A security researcher and founder of PingSafe AI, Anand Parkash, discovered that users’ data recorded on a popular iPhone app ‘Automatic Call Recorder’ could be accessed easily via unauthenticated API. The security vulnerability gave miscreants listened to users’ calls. Automatic…

iOS iPad iPhoneMar 10, 2021

Apple must face privacy lawsuit in open court, judge denies arbitration

Asma Hussain

On Tuesday, Apple lost a request to move to private arbitration in a consumer privacy lawsuit related to iMessage and FaceTime. In Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield ruled that the Cupertino tech giant must continue fighting the privacy…

iOS iPad iPhoneMar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021

Apple’s personalized ads system under fire in privacy complaint to French antitrust authorities

Asma Hussain

Involved in several antitrust investigations, Apple has been hit yet again with another EU antitrust complaint. The tech giant has come under fire in France over its iOS 14 privacy measures. The complaint has been brought forward against Apple by…

iOS iPhoneMar 9, 2021Mar 10, 2021

Apple will move 10% of iPhone 12 production to India from China for local market – Report

Rida Imran

Business Recorder reports that Apple might shift 10% of iPhone 12 production from China to India for the local market. And the company’s long-term partner, Foxconn will assemble new flagship smartphone series’ units at its Tamil Nadu facility, along with…

iOS iPad iPhone iPod TouchMar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021

Apple releases iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1 with WebKit security fix

Imran Hussain

Apple has released iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1 to all users with a fix for a WebKit security flaw, which could allow hackers to run code on the device. What’s new in iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1? As per details…

Apple Watch iOS iPad iPhoneMar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021

Apple partners with Common Sense Media, a non-profit, to deliver new ‘Kids and Family’ podcasts

Rida Imran

Apple has announced a new joint project with a non-profit organization, Common Sense Media to launch ‘Kids and Family’ friendly on the company’s Podcasts app. The objective of the new collection is to offer content which parents and children can…

Facebook iOS iPhoneMar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021

WhatsApp working on password-protected chat backups for iCloud

Asma Hussain

WhatsApp is working on bringing password-protected, encrypted chat backups for iCloud and Google Drive, according to a new report. The update, which is currently in the works, would allow users to keep their WhatsApp chat backups guarded against unauthorized access…

iOSMar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021

As Apple App Store’s antitrust hearings are about to commence, an expert believes this may be the end of the beginning

Rida Imran

In 2020 regulators in the EU, the United States, and the UK began probing Apple’s App Store over complaints of anti-competitive policies and practices. Now, when the antitrust cases are about to commence, an expert Florian Mueller at the Foss Patents…